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Punjab Govt Facing Pen Down :One Lakh Employees On Strike

[Chd,Pb]Punjab Govt Facing Pen Down For Indefinite Period
Punjab government employees Friday continued their indefinite strike for the second day demanding clarity on the dearness allowance issue.
The employees have been protesting against the state government’s alleged failure in accepting their demands which include regularisation of contractual employees, reducing the term of probation period, restoration of old pension scheme, among others.
As per Sukhchain Singh Khera, president of the Punjab Civil Secretariat Staff Association.”No office work took place in majority of the government departments in the state,” More Then One lakh employees across the state had gone on strike on Thursday.
Several organisations under the banner of Punjab State Ministerial Services Union and Punjab Secretariat Union have participated in the strike.
Khera said the employees have been fearing that the state government was trying to de-link their dearness allowance (DA) from the one announced by the Centre for its employees.